Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)

I refer to promised legislation on whistleblowers. This morning a very brave young woman who is a mental health advocate in the HSE in St. Brendan's in Grangegorman and blew the whistle on the appalling treatment and conditions of mental health patients before and during Christmas - which received widespread coverage, was discussed in the House and shone a light on the conditions faced by mental health patients - was sacked by the HSE in what is clearly an act of retaliation. When will whistleblowers legislation that is supposed to prevent this sort of disgraceful treatment of people who are doing their jobs as mental health advocates be brought forward? Such people are blowing the whistle on the mistreatment of patients. I ask the Tánaiste to take action on this matter.

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